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The antimicrobial resistance profile of 220 bacteria isolated from 1,006 episodes of blood stream infections (BSI) between January 2004 and December 2005 in a University Teaching Hospital, Southwestern Nigeria, were analyzed. Gram positive bacteria constituted 47.3% while Gram negative constituted 52.7%. The most common organisms were Staphylococcus aureus (37.3%), Klebsiella (30%), Pseudomonas (8.2%), Proteus (6.4%), Escherichia coli (5.5%) and coagulase negative staphylococci (4.6%). The cumulative resistance of all the bacteria isolates to ampicillin was 79%, gentamicin 51%, ceftazidime 11% and ciprofloxacin 6%. About 85% of the Gram positive bacteria were resistant to penicillinG, 79% to methicillin and 37% to erythromycin while 74% of the Gram negative bacteria were resistant to cotrimoxazole, 69% to tetracycline and 38% to chloramphenicol. Among the 7 antibiotics tested for each group, 7 patterns of antibiotic resistance were observed for each; 6 were multi-drug pattern with number of antibiotics ranging from 2 to 7. This study demonstrates high antimicrobial resistance among clinical bacterial isolates of BSI to commonly prescribed antibiotics most especially penicillinG, ampicillin, methicillin, cotrimoxazole, tetracycline and gentamicin. Based on the result of this study, it is suggested that the combination of ampicillin and gentamicin normally employed for empirical treatment of BSI in our hospital should be stopped.
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Taiwo, S.S., Fadiora, S.O. & Fayemiwo, S.A. High antimicrobial resistance among bacterial isolates of blood stream infections (BSI) in a Nigerian University Teaching Hospital. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 24, 231–236 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-007-9461-0
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